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The problem with Afrofuturism and Western Technology

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt="The problem with Afrofuturism and Western Technology" data-attachment-id="10845" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/afro3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?fit=564%2C377&ssl=1" data-orig-size="564,377" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="What Is Afrofuturism" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?fit=564%2C377&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?w=564&ssl=1 564w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?resize=270%2C180&ssl=1 270w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/afro3.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

February 24, 2022<September 28, 2022

The Problem With Afrofuturism

The problem with Afrofuturism which affects its purpose and meaning is that it seems unable to imagine a Black future that does not rely…

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt data-attachment-id="43469" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/busta-rhymes-hiphop-futurist/images-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?fit=625%2C491&ssl=1" data-orig-size="625,491" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="images" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?fit=300%2C236&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?fit=625%2C491&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?resize=570%2C381&ssl=1 570w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpeg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

February 23, 2022<March 30, 2023

Busta Rhymes: Afronaut

Busta Rhymes is in my personal Top 10 List of favourite Hip Hop Artists, and he’s now made it into my Top 5 because…

Review: Ghostface Killah's Supreme Clientele

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt="Review: Ghostface Killah's Supreme Clientele" data-attachment-id="43898" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/ghostfaces-supreme-clientele/ghost-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?fit=1074%2C1073&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1074,1073" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Review: Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?fit=770%2C770&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?resize=270%2C180&ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?resize=570%2C381&ssl=1 570w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?zoom=2&resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 740w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ghost.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

February 19, 2022<September 3, 2023

Review: Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele

Released in February 2000, I first listened to Ghostface Killah’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ in my Varsity days. In my view, Supreme Clientele belongs in the…

Interview: Leti Arts Comics

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt="Interview: Leti Arts Comics" data-attachment-id="43980" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/leti-arts-comics/leti-1024x576/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1024,576" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Interview: Leti Arts Comics" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?fit=770%2C433&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?resize=270%2C180&ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?resize=570%2C381&ssl=1 570w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?zoom=2&resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 740w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/leti-1024x576-1.png?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

February 17, 2022<September 28, 2022

Interview: Leti Arts Comics

Interview with Afrofuturist African Games and Comics Publisher Leti Arts by Afrika Is Woke Magazine

Coloization and Star Trke's Prime Directive

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt="Coloization and Star Trke's Prime Directive" data-attachment-id="43936" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/prime-directive-violation-colonization-of-africa/picard/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1024,640" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Coloization and Star Trke’s Prime Directive" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?fit=300%2C188&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?fit=770%2C481&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?resize=270%2C180&ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?resize=570%2C381&ssl=1 570w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?zoom=2&resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 740w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Picard.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

February 15, 2022<March 19, 2022

Colonization & Star Trek’s Prime Directive

The Colonization Of Africa As A Violation Of Star Trek’s Prime Directive If you are a Star Trek fan like I am, then you…

Who Wrote The Matrix?

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt="Who Wrote The Matrix?" data-attachment-id="43473" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/who-wrote-the-matrix-movie/culture_matrix_code_corridor/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?fit=1391%2C782&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1391,782" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Who Wrote The Matrix?" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?fit=770%2C433&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?resize=270%2C180&ssl=1 270w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?resize=570%2C381&ssl=1 570w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?zoom=2&resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 740w, https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?zoom=3&resize=370%2C247&ssl=1 1110w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Culture_Matrix_Code_corridor.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

December 25, 2021<January 23, 2022

Who Wrote The Matrix?

I first came across Sophia Stewart’s astounding story around 2002 in an online interview. In short, she alleged that the Hollywood Blockbuster film The…

Binti Review

<img width="370" height="247" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Binti-1.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1" class="attachment-rectangle-size size-rectangle-size wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" alt="Binti Review" data-attachment-id="32013" data-permalink="https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/binti-nnedi-okorafors-afri-futuristic-novella/binti/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Binti-1.jpg?fit=637%2C367&ssl=1" data-orig-size="637,367" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Binti Review" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Binti-1.jpg?fit=300%2C173&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Binti-1.jpg?fit=637%2C367&ssl=1" data-lazy-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.afrikaiswoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Binti-1.jpg?resize=370%2C247&ssl=1&is-pending-load=1">

November 6, 2021<November 22, 2021

Binti: Nnedi Okorafor’s Afrofuturistic Novella

Binti is the first part novella in a trilogy published in 2015 by Tor books. “I am Binti Ekeopara Zuzu Dambu Kaipka of Namib”…